Agile Coach

General Information:

Fully Remote- Open to any time zone with some schedule flexibility but the worker must be available during the core working hours of 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST

U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders only

Must be able to work on our W2- No C2C.

Initial Contract is listed from 12/02/2024- 10/18/2025 with the opportunity to extend/ convert into a full time employee down the road.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT related fields
• 2-3 years of experience coaching at the portfolio level or higher
• Expert skills and knowledge in Agile frameworks (Agile, Lean, Scrum, XP, etc)
• Embodied servant leadership
• Excellent skills in facilitation, conflict resolution, and empowerment
• Experience using ALM tools (AHA, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience using agile assessment platforms (AgilityHealth) to guide performance driven coaching outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in IT related fields
• Certifications such as ICAgile Certifications in Coaching, Facilitation, and/or Business Agility Foundations (ICP-ACC, ICP-ACF, ICP-BAF), CSM Certifications (CSM, CSP-SM), AgilityHealth (AHF - Facilitator, CIC (Continuous Improvement Champion)

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, and other Agilists to develop comprehensive coaching plans designed to improve agile ways of working at the portfolio, product, and team levels.
• Act as a key change agent and lead others through transformation at the executive level as well as coach and mentor key roles in the portfolio.
• Be pragmatic in coaching and adapt the frameworks and tools in agile toolkit to impact streamlined delivery, improve quality, and ensure teams are achieving business outcomes and value delivery.
• Thoughtfully develop and advance transformation roadmap at the portfolio level that is customer-centric, and business outcome focused
• Partner with portfolio leadership for strategic business agility planning
• Advise leaders on team topologies structured to streamline value delivery
• Facilitate agile maturity assessments and guide leaders & teams in continual improvement activities
• Teach, mentor, and coach individuals, teams and team of teams on agile practices
• Contribute to the development and evolution of Agile Standards across the organization
• Leverage experimentation and rapid learning to improve agile practices and delivery outcomes
• Utilize information radiators, agile artifacts, metrics and reporting to guide direction and measure impacts
• Encourage and coach business leaders to focus on outcomes over outputs and establish clear key results
• Model agile behaviors and servant leadership with a drive for relentless improvement
• Develop self-organized/managed teams and team of teams